'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; 
Confession number one...this photo was taken yesterday. So remember in blogs gone by when I talked about not being mobile due to a sprained ankle? Well...I decided sprained was not fun enough and amped it up. I went to the orthopedist yesterday as a follow up to make sure I was doing everything right to heal quickly. The doctor came into the exam room, asked me some questions and started pushing around on my foot/ankle while asking what hurt. He hit a part of my foot on the outside below the ankle and I said yeah...that really is still tender. To my surprise, he said well that is because you have a broken bone. WHAATTTT?!?!?! Confession number two...I almost cancelled that doctor's appointment because my foot was feeling much better and I was able to walk on it a bit without the crutches. I could not believe my ears. Since it seemed to be healing so well, I said...I guess I will just keep doing what I was doing and let it heal au naturale. No such luck! "You will have to be in a cast for 6 weeks." WHHATTTTT?!?!? No, you don't understand, Mr. nice Doctor...I drive for my job ALOT! So is there is a cast you can put on where I can continue to drive. Again...no such luck! "So what color cast would you like?" Invisible?? Not an option. So he asked me if I wanted to see the x-ray before I got casted. Oh sure, why not. I am sure if the ER doctor couldn't see it, I wouldn't be able to notice it either.
Confession number three...I would like to go back to the ER and say not so very nice things to them. The bone that was broken was sooooo easy to see. I am not a medical professional (but I play one on TV) and I could clearly see the line going through the bone. WTF...did they think I opened up my skin and drew on my bone with a black Sharpie??? So off I went to the nice Ortho Tech who was to put on my cast. Again I was asked what color I wanted. I'd like a nice orange and black mixture. He laughed at me...we don't have orange. WHATTTT?!?!?! It is almost Halloween after all, so I thought it would be a good costume. However, when you live in Syracuse which is the home of the Syracuse University Orange, I imagine it is hard to keep in stock. So I went with a nice green. Lovely isn't it?!?!
Confession number four...I feel badly for Bill. So for the next 6 weeks I cannot drive...I cannot put weight on my foot...I cannot get the cast wet. What can I do? I can keep it elevated and I can go stark, raving MAD!!!!!!! If you know me, you know I am not one to sit still for very long so we will see who goes crazy first...me or Bill. Bill's driving alone might kill me.
Confession number five...I already am trying to figure out how I can get out of the house and do things like shopping, movies, continue taking pictures for the blog, and dancing (hey I might want to). Luckily both Wegman's and P&C have the little carts you can drive around with the basket in the front for groceries. And don't you worry you faithful blog followers, I will not let this foot get me down. The pictures will continue...
Confession number six...I climbed a ladder while we were apple picking. I didn't really need to climb the ladder to get the apples as they were close enough to the ground to pick without the ladder. However the photo opportunity I wanted was on the ladder over looking the apple trees down to the valley. No I didn't get the picture. No it wasn't worth it. But I did get a pretty green cast...Merry Christmas to me!
We got a dusting of snow in the wee hours of the morning. How do I know when it happened...I was up from 3:30 - 5:00 AM while it was snowing. It did no even cover all of the grass so I am not sure you can even count it as "the first snow" of the season. Either way, it is October 16th which is WAY TOO EARLY for this white stuff. So please go away. Actually the sun is already out and shining so hopefully it will be gone before too long!
The scarecrows are hanging out on the deck ready to get put up on the yard. I am singing, "If I only had a brain...I wouldn't have gotten on that ladder!"
Bill went and bought gourds for our fall decorating. Doesn't it look like a heart on the front gourd? Unfortunately I am still not at capacity to do the outside decorating. Hopefully by the weekend, I will be mobile enough!
Mobility is still an issue due to the foot so no ladder climibing to get pictures today, but these looked so pretty on the table. They were from Bill from our anniversary last week!
I have been R.I.C.E.ing all day. Resting, Icing, Compressing and Elevating to try to heal my sprained foot. As a result, I have not been real mobile to take pictures so today's pictures is one of our recycling bin and I threw in one we took on yesterday's travels that I didn't include in yesterday's blog post. This is our new friend that we met at Tim's Pumpkin Patch who happily ate leaves out of our hands.
Bill and I were driving down to Ithaca today to visit friends. I decided to veer off our usual route and head down the back roads hoping for some good foliage shots. However, I was more surprised when I saw this interesting sculpture garden on the side of the road. There was metal work, wood work and paintings in the old barn in Little York, NY. If you are ever in the area of Cortland, NY stop by and check it out http://www.ferroart.com/index.html. We found several sculptures that would be fun to have, above are a few photos of the art.
Yes, I know, another leaf, you ask? Hey, it's fall...deal with it!!!
October 7th, 2005 was our wedding day and four years later my amazing husband surprised me with a beautiful poem and gifts. It was the perfect ending to a VERY long day. I was still traveling for work and got home just before midnight to this freshly painted box filled with leaves, our wedding vows framed, a poem and other gifts. Bill was at work and I was in tears because it was so heartwarming. 
As I was driving along the back roads of Maine, I came across a Flea Market that had hundreds of bottles of all sizes and colors. It made for some good photographs. Also, today is Bill's birthday so I raise a glass to him and say cheers and I love you!
During a visit to Bowdoin College, the towers of one of the campus buildings caught my eye.
